World renowned Belgian make-up artist Peter Phillips has contributed these two images to Haider Ackermann’s A#3, as a token to Haider, their working relationship and their shared aesthetic.

Belgian photographer Willy Vanderperre realised this vision for Peter in two contrasting yet equally beautiful photographs. The first is a black & white shot of a model’s almond-shaped eye bereft of makeup, very close-up and with a fresh, clean look. The second is a pair of ruby red lips, in blazing colour and perfectly shaped for a siren of the silver screen.

Alone, the images are simply glamorous – together they are a cohesive dialogue of Haider Ackermann’s disparate elements – the hard and the soft, the shine and the matte, the dark and the light.